From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:26:36 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] config: read system-wide defaults from /etc/gitconfig
Message-ID: <7vr6srd5lf.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <200702151019.25409.andyparkins@gmail.com>

Andy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com> writes:

> On Wednesday 2007 February 14 16:30, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> Site-wide configuration for options that are potentially
>> compatibility-breaking is a bad idea on a multi-user machines,
>> and it was certainly the case back when our machines hosted many
>> diverse set of people.
>
> Isn't it more likely that on a multi-user machine all users are sharing one 
> install of git - in which case you do want the upgrade of facilities to be 
> system-wide.

Not really.  Some repositories would need to be accessible by
people with older git coming over the network.  Some don't.